Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (EU-Rail) aims to deliver, via an integrated system approach, a high-capacity, flexible, multimodal, sustainable, reliable and integrated EU railway network for European passengers and cargo.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The 2023 Call for Proposals is structured around 6 topics under Destination 8.
Destination 8: Exploratory Research and other activities. EU-Rail promote forward looking activities, tackling disruptive technologies and thinking, performing exploratory research to accelerate the pace towards radical system innovations in the guided transport modes and supporting the evolution of the Innovation Programme in scope and targets.
Rail asset management is a key area to enhance via research and innovation, especially as more rail services will be needed to solve existing challenges and meet societal demands, following EU guidelines such as the Green Deal. The objective of the project is to enhance the capability for monitoring/inspection solutions evolving towards non-invasive and self-diagnostic systems with no or minimal service disruptions and/or remotely controlled interventions, through the usage of innovative/disruptive technologies concerning data acquisition, data analysis and maintenance decision making.
Detailed Call Description
Among the proposed demonstrators, at least two urban specific use cases (metro/tramway/…) shall be addressed.
In order to fulfil the expected demonstration outputs, research activities should detail specific, tangible and suitable use cases illustrating the impact of the technologies in concrete solutions. While the innovative/disruptive aspect of the technologies implementation choice shall be considered, the definition of the use cases shall ensure a possible deployment of the outcomes. Those proposed innovative solutions should contribute to a significant improvement in reliability, availability, maintainability and safety of the system or work conditions versus state of the art.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
Expected EU contribution per project: €2 700 000
It is expected that 1 project will be funded under each topic.
Thematic Categories
- Environment and Climate Change
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Transport
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- International Organisations
- Large Enterprises
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Semi-governmental organisations
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
The general admissibility and eligibility conditions are described in Annex A, Annex B, and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.
For additional information about the eligibility conditions and the special skills and/or capabilities expected from the applicant(s) under each call, please visit the description of the topic of your interest in the Europe’s Rail Work Programme 2023-2024 (the link can be found under the “Further information” section of this email).
Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in the Decisions authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) -and in actions under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2021-2025).
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
EU Contact Point
Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking
Email: communication@rail-research.europa.eu
Address: Avenue de la Toison d’Or 56-60/Gulden-Vlieslaan 56-60, 1060 Brussels, Belgium